Design, synthesis and evaluation of advanced rigid-rod π-stack photosystems with asymmetric scaffolds are reported. The influence of push–pull rods on self-organization, photoinduced charge separation and photosynthetic activity is investigated and turns out to be surprisingly small overall.
David Lyndon Emsley, Michael Allan Hope, Federico De Biasi, Máté Visegrádi
Anders Meibom, Nils Rädecker, Claudia Isabella Pogoreutz